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Lowering water for winter
Here I go again...No pond yeat...building one in spring...
When designing a pond...should I calculate how low to lower the water for the winter so that the ice does not damage the skimmer. Example: top of pond water to match skimmer for summer use...during winter lower water to clear skimmer and return water jets. Plug jets to keep water from entering and damaging pipes. Slope on top side of pond-straight or angled for ice expansion. Rich |
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you wont need a skimmer in winter. Ingrid
"Richard Holub" wrote: Here I go again...No pond yeat...building one in spring... When designing a pond...should I calculate how low to lower the water for the winter so that the ice does not damage the skimmer. Example: top of pond water to match skimmer for summer use...during winter lower water to clear skimmer and return water jets. Plug jets to keep water from entering and damaging pipes. Slope on top side of pond-straight or angled for ice expansion. Rich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Rich,
If you are located where ice could be a real problem, then plan on lowering the water below the skimmer weir to keep the skimmer empty. That should only be a few inches. If you will only have a few inches of ice, and then for just a few days at a time, I would leave the pumps running through the skimmer. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Richard Holub" wrote in message ... Here I go again...No pond yeat...building one in spring... When designing a pond...should I calculate how low to lower the water for the winter so that the ice does not damage the skimmer. Example: top of pond water to match skimmer for summer use...during winter lower water to clear skimmer and return water jets. Plug jets to keep water from entering and damaging pipes. Slope on top side of pond-straight or angled for ice expansion. Rich |
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